CAPTAIN JUDY HELMEY
'Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956'
POB 30771
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31410
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July 28, 2008
Happy Fish Day!
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Little Miss Judy's Believe It or Not!'
Used Car Salesman
Part Three! Many parts to come!
I really did learn a lot from my father in regards to selling a used car. According to by father the best way to sell used cars was not to have so many of them at one time on your lot. However, that was kind of hard to do when you had such a large used car lot. So daddy therefore came up with a plan to open another used car lot on the side. Once he put this plan into gear he could put whatever type of cars on it he wanted. The fact of the matter is according to him the extra lot was to be close to his and either offer cars either much more or less expensive than the ones on his so-called only use car lot!
The bottom line to all of these shenanigans was the fact, according to him, that he didn't pay that much for the cars in the first place. All cars that he dealt with had to be re titled meaning they really didn't exist any longer. I guess I should explain that last sentence. I certainly hope I can remember 'the just' of what I am going to try to tell you.
Most all cars were basically not repairable, at least to those making this decision, and sold for 'parts only!' However, back in the old days according to daddy 'lots of parts only from several different cars could make a whole one.' It was possible to order what was called then some sort of savage title for the car in question. Somehow cars that were supposedly 'totaled' or were 'salvageable only' could be re-titled and sold legally on the used car market. The serial number used was the one that worked. The reason being that it might take several wrecked cars to make a complete one.
The bottom line to all this was the fact that a nice car or many nice cars, no matter how damaged could be put together to make one car. Now that was a mouth full for sure! As I said in one of these used car stories, the purchaser didn't care, because they were getting a great looking car for 50% of what everyone was paying.
According to my father these cars were very safe, because they were built that way. Heck, according to daddy all he was doing was taking the parts just like they did at the factory and put them back together! I mean you got to love a man with a plan such as this! The best news is this plan worked for years and so did the cars!
Thanks for reading!
Captain Judy